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Band-Aid Solutions or Long-Term Prevention: The Dilemma…
On January 25, the government of El Salvador issued a warning to its citizens, urging women to not get pregnant…
The SDGs Offer More Than Just a Great Personality
September 25, 2015 marked the launch of the seventeen internationally adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals.…
The Tax Code: A Trial by Tampon
The issue of the "tampon tax" has gained prominence over the past year. A Change.org petition started by …
An exploding North Korea: unifcation talks spurred by…
After a major H5N1 (Bird Flu) outbreak, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fell into disrepair with Kim Jung…
A Milestone for Suppression
The disappearance of five book publishers and sellers from a Hong Kong bookstore late last year has…
Ahmed Davutoglu and the Transformation of Turkish…
The recent terrorist attacks committed in Istanbul and in Ankara and the downing of a Russian fighter jet on…
The Fourth Democratic Debate: A Battle Over Gun Control,…
The fourth democratic debate quickly became heated between candidates Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders as they…
Middle of the Pole: Justyna Zajac Explains…
I sat down in my home of Washington, DC with George Washington University’s visiting political science professor…
COP21 and Free Trade
The adoption of a global climate agreement in Paris at the end of 2015 swept a wave of public optimism towards…
Shifting Tides: Bombing in Istanbul Highlights Regional…
For the second time in a matter of months a Turkish urban center has fallen prey to an attack at the hands of a…
The Clash of “Isms” – When Racism Wins
It was in the late 2000s that sexual violence became a core focus of the media in Europe. In her article on “Sexual…
The Child Labour Behind Smart Phones and Electric Car…
This post is about an old and archaic use of labour - the kind that many countries outlawed say about 200 years…